Fifty, Four Ways

What happens when four middle-aged baseball moms with kids on the same team begin reading the sex-fueled book Fifty Shades of Grey? As countrified Lynn would say, they get "hotter than a June bride" and are catapulted into unexpectedly assessing their sex lives, desires and satisfaction with their husbands.

Kelli feels neglected by a spouse who'd rather prep for doomsday than be intimate. Her best friend Mel struggles to find the courage to overcome her shyness and body issues in the bedroom and reach the promised land. Candy, already isolated with her trophy wife status, suspects her husband is having an affair. Lynn, whose candid confessions in the concession stand got the whole ball rolling, wants to take things to a kinkier level but will have to convince her man to go along for the ride.

Inspired by true events and told from each woman's perspective, you'll experience their lives firsthand-including that delicious peek behind closed doors

FOUR OUT OF FOUR STARS FROM ONLINE BOOK CLUB
Fifty, Four Ways by Katherine Cobb travels back to the time when Fifty Shades of Grey was just starting to take off and make waves. The story follows four women, all mothers with sons on the baseball team, and how their experiences with the book make them question their desires and satisfaction in their marriages. I usually have a hard time telling characters apart at the beginning of books, but the author helpfully started each chapter with a little picture related to that character's life. For example, the chapters in Candy's point of view, the plastic surgeon's wife, always started with a picture of two cantaloupes. I'll let you guess why. Not only did the pictures help me straighten out the characters and their families quickly, but I felt a little jolt every time I saw the pictures and thought, "Finally I was wondering what would happen next with her " I loved all the characters but the four main women were true stars, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Also, I loved how they each started reading the series with the same expectations, but they took away different lessons. There was a lot of character growth, with a touch of drama.

Fifty, Four Ways is more interesting than Sex and the City and ten times more interesting than the series that inspired it I felt emotionally moved and lifted by these women and have learned so much that I plan on implementing in my own marriage. I would highly recommend it to any woman of marrying age, whether she enjoyed Fifty Shades of Grey or not. There are some steamy scenes, but nothing too scandalous. Honestly, it was one of the best books I've read in a long, long time. I have absolutely no complaints, although I do wish it could have been longer Maybe I'll get lucky and it'll be made into a movie, just like with Fifty Shades of Grey. Katherine Cobb is a wonderful, funny author. I can't wait to read more of her work

FIVE STARS
"Bring this book on vacation or for a staycation from mundane life. This book gives a more realistic version of how couples explore and navigate their passions, in a way that makes it accessible to everyday gals like me. It's a very fast, super fun read, wherein you become quickly invested in each of the four women's stories. I loved how the author developed each character separately, but yet intertwined each storyline seamlessly. Buckle in and take this book for a ride, ladies I thoroughly enjoyed it."
-Linda R.